单词 | fish duck |
释义 | fish duck (once / 2363863 pages) n WORD FAMILY fish duck: fish ducks USAGE EXAMPLESTherefore their flesh is unpalatable and they are known as "Fish Ducks." Reed, Chester A. (Chester Albert), The Bird Book—Illustrating in natu...(2010) Knowing a mallard from a merganser has another side: gourmets prefer a corn-fed mallard to the fish duck. Hines, Robert W., Ducks at a Distance—A Waterfowl Ide...(2010) Contrasting with the preceding Fish Ducks, the Mallards are regarded as one of the most esteemed table birds. Reed, Chester A. (Chester Albert), The Bird Book—Illustrating in natu...(2010) n large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges Syn|Hypo|Hyper merganser, sawbill, sheldrake Mergus merganser, goosander common merganser of Europe and North America American merganser, Mergus merganser americanuscommon North American diving duck considered a variety of the European goosander Mergus serrator, red-breasted merganserwidely distributed merganser of America and Europe Mergus albellus, smewsmallest merganser and most expert diver; found in northern Eurasia Lophodytes cucullatus, hooded merganser, hooded sheldrakesmall North American duck with a high circular crest on the male's head sea duck any of various large diving ducks found along the seacoast: eider; scoter; merganser |
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